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| artist = Dream Theater

| album = Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

| released = 2002

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| length = 42:00

| label = Elektra Records

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* John Petrucci

* John Myung

* Mike Portnoy

* Jordan Rudess

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* John Petrucci

* Mike Portnoy

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* Mike Portnoy

* John Petrucci

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"'Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'" is the sixth song and title track on the album of the same name, written and performed by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater. Though the song is essentially broken up into eight movements on separate tracks, it lasts 42 minutes in full and takes up the entire second CD of the album. The song was conceived when keyboardist Jordan Rudess wrote what would become the "Overture" section, and the band took various melodies and ideas contained within it and expanded them into segments of the complete piece. The song explores the stories of six individuals suffering from various mental illnesses. Particularly represented are bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, post-partum depression, autism, and dissociative identity disorder.

The song contains influences of the classical, metal, folk and progressive genres and weaves through many time signatures, including 4/4, 5/4, 6/8, and 7/8. Clocking in at 42 minutes, it is the longest song Dream Theater has recorded; to ease scrolling through the song, Mike Portnoy gave each movement their own track, and split the full song into eight tracks.[http://www.mikeportnoy.com/about/mpfaq/showquestion.asp?menu=about&faq=1&fldAuto=253 Mike Portnoy.com - MP.FAQ]

The song was played in its entirety on 'Score', with the "Octavarium Orchestra" playing "Overture" and backing for the rest of the piece, except for "The Test That Stumped Them All".

Sections



:*"I. Overture" 6:50 (instrumental)

:*"II. About to Crash" 5:50 (Petrucci)

:*"III. War Inside My Head" 2:08 (Portnoy)

:*"IV. The Test That Stumped Them All" 5:03 (Portnoy)

:*"V. Goodnight Kiss" 6:17 (Portnoy)

:*"VI. Solitary Shell" 5:47 (Petrucci)

:*"VII. About to Crash (Reprise)" 4:04 (Petrucci)

:*"VIII. Losing Time/Grand Finale" 5:59 (Petrucci)

Personnel



*James LaBrie - lead vocals

*John Petrucci - guitar, backing vocals

*John Myung - bass

*Jordan Rudess - keyboards

*Mike Portnoy - drums, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "War Inside My Head"

References





Category:Dream Theater songs

Category:2001 songs

Category:Songs written by John Petrucci

Category:Songs written by John Myung

Category:Songs written by Mike Portnoy

Category:Songs about mental health

Category:Songs about diseases and disorders

Category:Bipolar disorder in fiction

Category:Fictional portrayals of schizophrenia

Category:Songs about depression

Category:Works about autism

Category:Dissociative identity disorder in popular culture

Category:Vietnam War in popular culture

Category:Autism in the arts

Category:Post-traumatic stress disorder in fiction

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